Procurement Strategic Buyer

• Pay or shift range: $70,000 USD to $110,000 USD

  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

• Procurement
• Full-Time
• Requisition #: PROCU
  003354

Procurement Strategic Buyer

Pay Range: $70,000-$110,000

• Support procurement activities across direct materials, indirect materials, and services for manufacturing plants and corporate functions.
• Manage electronic requisitions and purchase orders, ensuring appropriate business justification, budget alignment, supplier rationale, and compliance with purchasing controls.
• Coordinate replenishment requirements, blanket purchase order releases, and approved sourcing activities to support uninterrupted operations.
• Aggregate demand and support competitive requests for quotation (RFQs), negotiations, and sourcing initiatives in partnership with Category Managers.
• Analyze total cost of ownership, specifications, pricing, lead times, inventory impacts, and commercial terms to support purchasing decisions.
• Partner with business owners, Planning, Operations, Engineering, Quality, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, Human Resources, and Information Technology teams to clarify requirements and resolve supply‑related issues.
• Coordinate supplier onboarding activities, qualification requirements, compliance reviews, and approval workflows in accordance with established processes.
• Administer contract metadata, renewal schedules, scopes of work, approved catalogs, and supplier documentation while ensuring required approvals are obtained.
• Coordinate contract review and approval processes for applicable agreements and ensure compliance with authorized spending and signature requirements.
• Support supplier performance management through monitoring of quality, delivery, service, responsiveness, and cost metrics.
• Maintain audit‑ready procurement documentation, approvals, and purchasing records while identifying and escalating policy deviations or noncompliant spending.
• Escalate critical supply, safety, regulatory, or operational issues through appropriate channels and support corrective actions and follow‑up activities.
• Analyze spend, supplier performance, contract utilization, and purchasing trends to identify opportunities for savings, standardization, and improved value.
• Monitor procurement performance metrics including requisition‑to‑purchase‑order cycle time, contract adoption, supplier service levels, inventory support, and data quality.
• Recommend process improvements that enhance procurement effectiveness, compliance, accuracy, and stakeholder service.
• Ensure full‑time attendance, exhibit professionalism with business associates, and align daily actions with organizational values.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

• Professional experience: 3–5 years of procurement or purchasing experience supporting manufacturing and corporate stakeholders across multiple spend categories, including sourcing support, requisition‑to‑purchase‑order execution, supplier coordination, and contract administration.

• Knowledge of procurement, sourcing, purchasing, supply chain, and contract‑administration principles.
• Knowledge of direct‑material procurement and indirect goods and services purchasing practices.
• Skill in analyzing supplier pricing, commercial terms, total cost of ownership, spend data, and procurement performance metrics.
• Ability to support sourcing initiatives, supplier evaluations, and implementation of approved category strategies.
• Ability to manage requisitions, purchase orders, supplier coordination activities, and purchasing documentation with…